Two months ago, Chongzhen left 5,000 soldiers and horses when he left the capital, and this time he returned to Beijing Chongzhen's Jinyiwei and Ma Bao's pioneer battalion brought another 1,500 people, plus the Jinyiwei in the capital, and now there are more than 7,000 soldiers and horses available in the capital, including Jinyiwei.

After Wang Chengen left, Chongzhen called the prince over. Leaving him 3,000 soldiers and horses and letting him guard the capital, Chongzhen personally led 4,000 soldiers and horses out of the city to ambush.

"My father has just entered Beijing, and I have to go to the army again, it's too hard, and my son is willing to share it with my father." Zhu Cihong couldn't bear it and took the initiative to ask for help.

Chongzhen knew that although the crown prince was brave enough to crown the three armies, he was by no means Wu Sangui's opponent, and he had to deal with the mutiny, and this expedition was not about killing and injuring many thieves, but about driving these thieves.

Therefore, such a big deal, he must go out in person.

Chongzhen said: "If the emperor protects the capital, he will share his worries for me."

"The sons obey the order, the thieves are powerful, and the father and emperor should bring more soldiers and horses when they go out of the city to fight."

"The emperor doesn't have to worry, no matter how many bandits there are, they are just ants in my eyes, and I will bring 4,000 soldiers and horses. Now the capital has few soldiers, and the burden of protecting the capital is not light, but in less than three or five days, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will enter the king of Jingqin."

Zhu Cihong was happy in his heart, "Father Emperor Shengming, sons obey the order, Father Emperor must take care of the dragon body when he goes out of the city to fight."

Chongzhen nodded.

Because of Tang Wancai, Li Qiniang, Ma Bao and Li Moran, these congenital masters are all recuperating from their injuries, and they are seriously injured and need to recuperate for a few days. Chongzhen didn't alarm them, only brought 300 Jinyi guards, and then ordered 4,000 soldiers and horses out of the city.

After Chongzhen left the palace, the crown prince gathered all the 3,000 soldiers and horses who stayed in the capital, leaving 1,000 people to guard the palace, and let the old concubines Gong Yonggu and Jin Xuan be in charge.

After the second general received the order, he did not dare to slack off and went to patrol the city with injuries.

The crown prince also ordered Wang Jiayan, the secretary of the military department, to take the remaining 2,000 men to defend the outer and inner cities.

The crown prince was neatly draped, with Wang Sheng, the eunuch of the East Palace, and Zhou Jing, the head of the East Palace guards, as well as a group of palace guards, ascended to the head of the southern city of the capital.

1,000 soldiers and horses to guard the palace is still too little, but 2,000 soldiers and horses to guard such a large outer city and part of the inner city is even more stretched.

The outer city plus a part of the inner city, eight or nine city gates, on average, each city gate is only defended by two or three hundred soldiers, and there are almost no soldiers on the city.

At this time, Liu Wenbing, Marquis of Xinle, and his younger brother Liu Wenyao, Marquis of Zhangwu, Yang Chongshan, Marquis of Hui'an, Zhang Qingzhen, Xuancheng Bowei Shichun, and other imperial court nobles, as well as the original Dongge University scholar Fan Jingwen, Hubu Shangshu and Hanlin Academy bachelor Ni Yuanlu, plus the military department Shangshu Zuodu Yushi Li Banghua, and so on.

These were the martyred ministers of Chongzhen after hanging, Chongzhen did not die, they naturally did not die, they were cut off by Chongzhen after kneeling in the city, and only kept an official body.

In order to thank Long Enhao, I felt that the opportunity for meritorious performance had come.

Seeing that there were too few soldiers and horses guarding the city, and they were afraid of the attack of thieves and ***, the emperor and the prince all went into battle, and they couldn't stay in the mansion anymore, so they rushed to tell each other.

Mobilize the common people in the city, some take out money and food from their own houses, and some mobilize their own families.

In a short period of time, four or five thousand cloth clothes were mobilized to assist the Ming army to go to the city to defend the city.

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Chongzhen walked on the streets of the capital with 4,000 men and horses, as well as so many brocade guards, and the common people boldly hid behind trees or houses, staring at the movement on the street.

Thinking that this is also the White Lotus Sect, they are afraid of harming themselves, so they hide at home and dare not go out, large and small shops are closed, and the streets are quiet and sparsely populated.

Chongzhen's brigade went out of Chaoyangmen, left the capital for more than 30 miles, and ambushed in a mountain forest, sending scouts and Jinyi guards to investigate the situation......

The camp of the Qing-Wu coalition army is only more than 60 miles away from the capital.

Therefore, within two hours, Wang Chengen and the others appeared in front of the military camp.

"Phew—"

There is still a barracks

A few hundred meters, Wang Chengen and they restrained the war horse.

The *** patrolling the camp saw that a Ming army brocade guard came, and there were not many people and only 200 people, and they raised their vigilance.

Wang Chengen ordered his subordinates to play the flag.

They know that they are not here to fight, but to write books.

The leader of the Qing army came to Wang Chengen and others with 100***.

Wang Chengen said: "The miscellaneous family has sealed the order of the emperor, and there is something important to see your prince, so I am troubled."

"You're waiting here."

The left leader of the Qing army glanced at Wang Chengen impatiently, and Pegasus entered the military camp......

At this time, there were also Wu Sangui's ears and eyes, and when they saw Wang Chengen and others appear near the camp gate of Duoduo and Azig, they immediately reported to Wu Sangui.

At this time, Wu Sangui and Fang Guangchen had already grasped some information about Duoduo and Azig, and they had already heard the rumors about the Shanhaiguan Treaty.

The White Lotus and the White Chrysanthemum are now running back.

More than 100 miles back and forth, tossed for two days, when I went, only two of the three people came back, and the white lotus and white chrysanthemum also suffered a little internal injury, and the key was that nothing was found.

The operation to blackmail the prince failed.

Wu Sangui and Fang Guangchen's faces changed greatly, and they once again felt that they had made a mistake.

The three late-congenital masters of the White Lotus Sect couldn't even beat a Chongzhen?

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen